OUSD Teaching American History Grant III

Summer Institute, UC Berkeley Hosted by the UC Berkeley History-Social Science Project & the UC Berkeley Dept of History. Schedule, Thursday, June 24 - Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Overall Question: What concepts, topics, and questions about political history will you bring into your American history curriculum next year?
Thursday June 24	Friday June 25	Monday June 28	Tuesday June 29	Wednesday June 30
AM (8:30-12) Announcements Speaker: Gary Nash, UCLA "Roots of Citizenship: The Unknown American Revolution" (4th, 5th, 8th, & 11th grades)	AM (8:30-12) Grade level seminars 4th "Water: California's Most Contested Resource" – Phillip Dreyfus - SF State 5th -"The Boston Tea Party and the Perils of Politics" - Charles Postel – SF State 8th “Westward Expansion in Antebellum American” – Bill Wagner – UC Berkeley 11th "A Longer and Broader View of the African American Struggle for Civil Rights" – Rachel Bernard – UC Berkeley	AM (8:30-12) Field Trips – a focus on content and pedagogy 4th – Walking Tour of the Fruitvale Area; lunch & talk on Oakland’s changing demographics with Alex Saragoza 5th and 8th – “Civil War Day” (visits to Alcatraz and Fort Point) 11th – Rosie the Riveter National Historic Park	AM (8:30-12) Speaker: Waldo Martin, UC Berkeley "The Children Make History: Black Resistance, White Backlash, and the 1963 Birmingham Children's Crusade" (4th, 5th, 8th, & 11th grades) 10:30 – 11:00 Lesson Study work time.	AM (8:30-12) Presentation follow-up (Charles and Robin) – identifying argument, use of evidence, and classroom connections. (4th, 5th, 8th, & 11th ) grades Speaker: Leon Litwack, UC Berkeley “Hellhound on My Trail” (4th, 5th, 8th, & 11th grades)
Introductions - Focus on Lesson Study What did you do? How did it work? What did you learn?	(4th, 5th, 8th, & 11th) Speaker: Daniel Immerwahr, UC Berkeley "Facts and Narrative in Teaching History" -	Field Trips Continued	11:00 – 12:00 Project Evaluation: Content Assessment – Part II	Looking back and looking ahead - revisiting Charles Keynote talk What political concepts, topics, and questions will you bring into your American history curriculum next year?
Lunch (12:00-1:00)	Lunch (12:00-1:00)	Lunch (12:00-1:00)	Lunch (12:00-1:00)	Lunch (12:00-1:00)
PM (1-3:30) Presentation follow-up (Charles and Robin) – identifying argument, use of evidence, and classroom connections. (4th, 5th, 8th, & 11th grades) Lesson Study work time (4th, 5th, 8th, & 11th grades) 4th and 5th grade teachers (focus on writing)	PM (1-3:30) Analyzing survey results and Lesson Study work time	PM (1-3:30) Field Trips Continued	PM (1-3:30) Lesson Study – grade level groups use student work to identify questions and ideas for next year’s work	PM (1-3:30) David Hollinger, President Organization of American Historians, discussion on the OAH Magazine of History What is the cultural focus for next year? Lesson Study guide for next year: “Dos and Don’ts” Finalize Lesson Study lessons for submission Evaluation